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  • Ancelotti explains leaving Everton to replace Zidane

    Ancelotti explains leaving Everton to replace Zidane

    Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti is delighted to have returned to Real Madrid.

    Ancelotti has explained his decision to depart Everton and join Los Blancos, as he replaces Zinedine Zidane in the hot seat at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

    The Italian coach made clear that returning to Real Madrid is an opportunity he could not turn down and stressed that he enjoyed his spell in charge of Everton.

    “I would like to thank the Board of Directors, the players, and the Evertonians for the tremendous support they have all given me during my time at the Club,” said Ancelotti in a statement published on Everton’s official website.

    “I have complete respect for everyone associated with Everton and hope they can achieve the exciting opportunities they have in front of them.

    “While I have enjoyed being at Everton, I have been presented with an unexpected opportunity which I believe is the right move for me and my family at this time.”

    Ancelotti also published a tweet thanking everyone at Everton from his own personal Twitter account.

    “I would like to thank Everton FC, my players and the supporters for giving me the opportunity to manage this fantastic and historical club,” it read.

    “I decided to leave as I have a new challenge with a team that was always in my heart, Real Madrid.

    “I leave taking with me all the amazing moments we have experienced together and wish the Club and fans all the best.”

  • Carlo Ancelotti leaves Everton to replace Zidane at Madrid

    Carlo Ancelotti leaves Everton to replace Zidane at Madrid

    Carlo Ancelotti has left Premier League club Everton to become head coach of Real Madrid for a second time.

    The 61-year-old, who managed Real Madrid for two years between 2013 and 2015, has left Everton after 18 months in charge at Goodison Park.

    He succeeds Zinedine Zidane at Real and the move leaves Everton searching for a sixth permanent manager in five years.

    Ancelotti thanked Everton’s staff and fan and said the move represented “an unexpected opportunity”.

    “I would like to thank the board of directors, the players, and the Evertonians for the tremendous support they have all given me during my time at the club,” he added.

    “I have complete respect for everyone associated with Everton and hope they can achieve the exciting opportunities they have in front of them.

    “While I have enjoyed being at Everton I have been presented with an unexpected opportunity which I believe is the right move for me and my family at this time.”

  • Why I left Real Madrid – Zinedine Zidane

    Why I left Real Madrid – Zinedine Zidane

    Zinedine Zidane has accused Real Madrid president Florentino Perez of a lack of respect in his final season in charge, while claiming “I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need”.

    Spanish publication AS have published Zidane’s open letter to supporters, which reads: “Dear Real Madrid fans, for more than 20 years, from the first day I arrived in Madrid and wore the white shirt, you’ve shown me your love. I wanted to write this letter, to say goodbye to you and explain my decision to leave the coaching job.

    “I’m going, but I’m not jumping overboard, nor am I tired of coaching. In May 2018 I left because after two and a half years, with so many victories and so many trophies, I felt the team needed a new approach to stay at the very highest level. Right now, things are different. I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need, nor the support to build something in the medium or long term.

    “I understand football and I know the demands of a club like Real Madrid. I know when you don’t win, you have to leave. But with this a very important thing has been forgotten, everything I built day-to-day has been forgotten, what I brought to my relationships with the players, with the 150 people who work with and around the team.

    “I’m a natural-born winner and I was here to win trophies, but even more important than this are the people, their feelings, life itself and I have the sensation these things have not been taken into account, that there has been a failure to understand that these things also keep the dynamics of a great club going. To some extent I have even been rebuked for it.

    “I want there to be respect for what we have achieved together. I would have liked my relationship with the club and the president over the past few months to have been a little different to that of other coaches. I wasn’t asking for privileges, of course not, just a little more recollection.

    “These days the life of a coach in the dugout at a big club is two seasons, little more. For it to last longer the human relationships are essential, they are more important than money, more important than fame, more important than everything. They need to be nurtured.

    “That’s why it hurt me so much when I read in the press, after a defeat, that I would be sacked if I didn’t win the next game. It hurt me and the whole team because these deliberately leaked messages to the media negatively influenced the squad, they created doubts and misunderstandings.

    “Luckily I had these amazing lads who were with me to the death. When things turned ugly they saved me with magnificent victories. Because they believed in me and knew I believed in them.”

  • Real Madrid announce Zidane resignation

    Real Madrid announce Zidane resignation

    Zinedine Zidane has resigned from Real Madrid for the second time in his coaching career.

    Real failed to win a trophy this season and were pipped to the La Liga title by city rivals Atletico Madrid on a dramatic final day on Saturday.

    Real said in a statement that they “must now respect” Zidane’s decision.

    They thanked Zidane, 48, for his “professionalism, dedication and passion over the years and what he means to Real Madrid”.

    Former France forward Zidane, who played for Real from 2001 to 2006, won three consecutive Champions League titles and a La Liga title in his first period as manager between 2016 and 2018.

    He left in May 2018, but returned 10 months later and secured a second La Liga title last season.

    “Zidane is one of Real Madrid’s great icons and his legacy extends beyond what he has achieved as a coach and player at our club,” Real said.

    “He is aware that he has a place in the hearts of the Real Madrid fans and that he will always have a home at Real Madrid.”

    Real finished two points behind Atletico in La Liga as they failed to win a trophy for the first time since 2009-10.

  • Zidane won’t leave Real Madrid – Benzema

    Zidane won’t leave Real Madrid – Benzema

    Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is confident coach Zinedine Zidane will remain in charge next season.

    There are doubts around Zidane’s future after a trophyless season at Real Madrid.

    But Benzema says: “I do not agree that it is said that it is the fault of the group because we had 60 injuries. At no time were we able to play with all our players. It has been a complicated season. But we reached the semifinals of the Champions League, and we fought to the end in La Liga. We could have won it all, but we lost it.

    “Zizou has always been sincere with me. When I don’t play, he is sincere and when I have been ignored by France, too. I respect him a lot because he is very direct with me. He gives me a lot of confidence on the pitch.

    “Until now, Zidane is Real Madrid’s coach. I don’t see him leaving. He won’t leave, you’ll see. If he leaves, he leaves, but for the moment, I don’t see a Madrid without Zidane.”

  • Real Madrid legend: Only Raul can replace Zidane

    Real Madrid legend: Only Raul can replace Zidane

    Real Madrid legend Fernando Morientes insists Raul is ready to succeed Zinedine Zidane.

    Currently in charge of Castilla, Raul is a candidate for the senior job should Zidane step down at the end of the season.

    Morientes told Radio Cope: “Raúl is a very reliable option to replace Zidane.

    “He is more prepared than anyone to coach Real Madrid.

    “I get along well with Raúl, but I have not asked him if he is going to coach Real Madrid.”

    Morientes also says that Raúl’s working method “is very innovative” and ended by saying that “(Santiago) Solari had a lot of personality, but Raúl is that multiplied by two”.

  • La Liga: Zidane denies telling squad of exit plans

    La Liga: Zidane denies telling squad of exit plans

    Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has denied telling his players he would be leaving after victory over Athletic Bilbao.

    With one point separating his side and Atletico Madrid and just one match to spare, Zidane is keen for a positive result at home to Villarreal on Sunday.

    “We are going to play our match and we are going to have a difficult match against Villarreal, so we have to concentrate on ourselves,” he said in his post-match press conference.

    There were reports Zidane had told his players that he will leave the club at the end of the season, but this was denied by the French coach.

    “How am I going to tell my players that I am leaving now, when we are putting everything on the line?” he said.

    “When you say things from the outside, you can say whatever you want. I am not ever going to say that to my players.

    “At the end of the season we will see, but now I am in this and am focused on the last match.

    “We cannot talk constantly about my future, the most important thing is the last match that we have to play.”

    Zidane played down the fact that Eden Hazard once again started on the substitute’s bench.

    “Nothing has happened with Hazard, it is just that others are playing at the moment,” he said.

    “I have to choose the 11 and nothing more.

    “He is contributing like everyone else. He comes in, goes out…I have to choose an 11 every week.”

  • Zidane tells Real Madrid players he’s leaving

    Zidane tells Real Madrid players he’s leaving

    Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has told his players he will leave at the end of the season.

    Zidane has already told the Real Madrid first-team squad that he will leave the club at the end of the 2020/21 season, says Marca. He won’t stay on as coach for next year.

    Last Saturday, after the Champions League elimination against Chelsea and before the LaLiga Santander match against Sevilla, Zidane spoke to the players after training and communicated his decision. That is why that day’s press conference started later than usual.

    This new was reported by Fernando Burgos on Onda Cero has confirmed that the meeting took place on that Saturday, on May 8.

    As the coach told the dressing room, he has thought long and hard about his decision and it is final. He believes his time at Real Madrid is over and that it’s time to step aside. This is the Frenchman’s second time leaving Los Blancos’ dugout, although it won’t come as such a surprise as when he departed in 2018.

    “There are times when you need to be there and times when you have to leave for the good of all,” he said In his press conference ahead of the Athletic Club match.

  • When Zidane speaks all 5 senses are focused – Carvajal

    When Zidane speaks all 5 senses are focused – Carvajal

    Injured Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has paid tribute to coach Zinedine Zidane.

    The fullback has been forced out of Real’s title race.

    On Zidane, Carvajal said, “He’s a very complete coach and beyond the trophies he’s won, with three consecutive Champions Leagues and LaLiga in the midst of the pandemic, it’s amazing the respect he commands in the dressing room.

    “When Zidane speaks, all 5 senses are focused on what he has to say. He’s been here as a player, as Castilla coach and now he’s with the first team, he knows more than anyone what this badge and this club means.”

    On setting an example for homespun players at the club, Carvajal says he takes his role seriously.

    He added: “It’s a responsibility and incredibly flattering to serve as something for these guys in the academy to look up to and whenever I get the chance to speak to them, I make them see it’s not impossible and that the dream of making the first team can come true.”

  • It’ll get messy if I talk about refs – Zidane

    It’ll get messy if I talk about refs – Zidane

    Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was reluctant to talk about the match officials this morning.

    Real Madrid go to Granada on Thursday night needing victory to keep up pressure on leaders Atletico Madrid.

    Zidane said, “I don’t talk about this anymore. I trust football and everyone does their job. I’m not going to say anything else, because if I say something it’s going to get messy. We want to do our job.

    “I am not going to get into polemics. What I’m saying is that it has to be clear to everyone. The VAR is always going to help. It has to clarify the plays and I think football people have to sit down to say the same thing.”

    Zidane was also asked about his own future.

    He added: “No way. I only think about the three games.”